His mind was brought back to the matter at hand by the sudden thundering of hooves sounding throughout the village once more, which also brought the awkward conversation to a halt. They all turned to look outside as the centre of the village was swamped with mounted troops once more. One rider peeled effortlessly off from the group around them, steering their horse at a canter almost into the building and deftly jumped down out of the saddle, a member of Pegasus Company appearing seemingly from out of nowhere to take the reins of the white stallion. The figure strode purposefully towards them and around the table, fiddling with the strap of their helmet, they stepped into the space created as another mercenary pulled back the vacant chair and then tossed their helmet to the soldier, before
